Smoking and Smoking Cessation in Relation to Mortality in Women

Abstract

Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States.¹ Globally, approximately 5 million premature deaths were attributable to smoking in 2000.² The World Health Organization projects by 2030 that tobacco-attributable deaths will annually account for 3 million deaths in industrialized countries and 7 million in developing countries.^2,3 The hazards of smoking have been documented over the past 55 years, providing sufficient evidence of a causal relationship between smoking and many types of death.